Psalm 150 is a psalm in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. In it, the writer urges the congregation to praise God with music and dancing. The text, beloved by Jews and Christians alike, has often been set to music. The basic concept of this psalm is that there are a variety of ways one can praise God.
A long tradition ascribes authorship of Psalms 150 to King David.
Together with Psalms 146, 147, 148 and 149, Psalm 150 is recited during Pesukei D'Zimrah, which begins daily prayer each morning. The five psalms are considered an alternate form of Hallel, and their recitation is considered to be reciting Hallel daily.
Verse 3 is found in the repetition of the Shacharit Amidah on Rosh Hashanah.
The Psalm is found in the Mussaf Amidah on Rosh Hashanah.
Psalm 150 is the tenth of ten Psalms recited in the Tikkun HaKlali of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
It is one of the Laudate psalms and was sung as part of a trio of psalms during Lauds in the Roman rite.
In the New King James Version, Psalm 150 is translated into English as follows:
Ernani Aguiar - Salmo 150
Johann Sebastian Bach, motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Anton Bruckner—Psalm 150 Halleluja. Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligthum WAB 38 (1892)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - citation in Lobgesang ("Symphonie-Kantate") Op. 52 ("Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn.")
Charles Ives - Psalm 150
Cesar Franck - Psalm 150
Zoltán Kodály - Geneva Psalm 150
Louis Lewandowski - Halleluyah (Psalm 150)
Edmund Rubbra – Three Psalms, op.61 (no.3)
Charles Villiers Stanford - Psalm 150: O praise God in his holiness
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms - Third Movement
Duke Ellington - "Praise God and Dance" in the Second Sacred Concert
Jimmy Webb - "Psalm One-Five-O" on Words and Music
P.O.D. - "Psalm 150" on The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
J. Moss - "Psalm 150" on The J Moss Project
Ronald Corp - Psalm 150, O Praise God in His Holiness (2007). He also set the Latin version of the same text in Laudate Dominum (2011)
Karl Jenkins in Gloria (Jenkins), movement 3 Tellihim, Psalm 150 in Hebrew (or Latin), 2010
VaShawn Mitchell - "Psalm 150" on Created4This
